Peter Trubowitz

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Biography

Peter Trubowitz is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.  He specializes in international relations and US foreign policy.  His current research focuses on American grand strategy and Sino-American relations.  Dr. Trubowitz has held research and teaching positions at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, the University of California at San Diego, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Universidad de Chile, and the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.  

The author of Politics and Strategy (Princeton University Press, 2011) and Defining the National Interest (Chicago University Press, 1998), Dr. Trubowitz’s work has appeared in journals such as Foreign Affairs, International Security, and International Studies Quarterly, as well as more popular venues like the International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor. His book, Defining the National Interest, was awarded the J. David Greenstone Book Prize from the Politics and History section of the American Political Science Association.  Dr. Trubowitz recently served on the American Political Science Association’s Task Force on US standing in the World: Causes, Consequences, and the Future.

Dr. Trubowitz has received grants and fellowships from various foundations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur and the Social Science Research Council.  In 2002-03, he was J. William Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer in American Foreign Policy at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) in Beijing, China.  He is also a recipient of the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award. 

Dr. Trubowitz received his B.A. from Clark University and his Ph.D. from MIT.